TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 11555 [ 2017TNSTR.561....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2017-05-17 16:41:42
Date made public:
Sender: Gaia_Bot1
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2017ecl
Discoverer internal name: Gaia17bfx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 09:29:48.430 (142.451792) DEC = -31:06:02.41 (-31.100669)
Discovery date: 2017-05-12 20:28:19.000 (JD=2457886.3529977)


Remarks: Gaia outburst in Cataclysmic Binary Candidate CRTS SSS120111 J092948-310602

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2017-05-12 20:28:19.000
Flux: 18.23 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2017-03-30 04:42:14
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2017ecl